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Can ANYONE broker a gun deal on Facebook and get a weapon? PolitiFact Oregon

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An national activist group with an Oregon chapter wants Facebook to prohibit gun "marketplaces," fearing that "ANYONE" can get a gun that way. PolitiFact Oregon checks the claim.
(Douglas C. Pizac/Associated Press)

Gun sales through these marketplaces are carried out legally without background checks, according to the group. And the downside is already apparent, they said, pointing to a convicted felon who was arrested in Iowa last week for acquiring a gun using a Facebook post.

They added this: “This means that ANYONE can broker a deal on a gun online, meet the seller in a parking lot somewhere, and walk away with a weapon.”